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A Senior Design Project in Environmentally Friendly Glass Manufacturing

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Conference

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Publication Date

June 23, 2013

Start Date

June 23, 2013

End Date

June 26, 2013

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Capstone Manufacturing and Design

Tagged Division

Manufacturing

Page Count

13

Page Numbers

23.100.1 - 23.100.13

DOI

10.18260/1-2--19114

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https://peer.asee.org/19114

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369

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Richard Chiou Drexel University

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Michael G Mauk P.E. Drexel University

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M. Eric Carr Drexel University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0883

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Mr. Eric Carr is currently the Laboratory Technician for Drexel University's Engineering Technology program. Carr assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various Engineering Technology courses, and enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to enhance Drexel's Engineering Technology course offerings. Carr holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Drexel University and is an author of several recent technical papers in the field of Engineering Technology Education.

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Abstract

A Senior Design Project in Environmentally Friendly Glass Manufacturing AbstractThis paper discusses an educational effort that incorporates environmentally consciousdesign for glass manufacturing in a senior design project at Drexel University. A criticalcomponent of a national “green industries/green jobs” effort is to motivate our citizenryto become proficient in STEM and associated manufacturing fields and trades, thusensuring we have a 21st century workforce. This senior design project engages students intheir studies on the implementation of an innovative method for improving tool designand measuring the quality of glass using statistical process control and thermal imageprocessing. Through this project, students learn how to provide a green design method forevaluating the characteristics of environmentally friendly glass manufacturing. Thisstudent senior design project was in collaboration with Bent Glass Design Inc., which is aspecialty glass company focusing in the production of custom design glass forapplications in transportation and architectural applications. There has been an increasingdemand for delivering its custom products with a polished edge in recent years. Thestudents incorporated real world experience with innovative green design for thereduction of manual operations and use of hazardous materials, as well as improving finalproduct quality. For the sake of comparisons for green design, experiments wereconducted, including surface roughness tests, thermal image analysis, and effects of watercooling. A concluding section discusses the experiences from this project.

Chiou, R., & Mauk, M. G., & Carr, M. E. (2013, June), A Senior Design Project in Environmentally Friendly Glass Manufacturing Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19114

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